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Giant Eagle
Giant Eagle, Inc. is an American supermarket chain with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Maryland. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
In 2021, Giant Eagle was the 36th-largest privately held company, as determined by Forbes. Its revenue was over US$ 11.1 billion in 2022. As of summer 2025, Giant Eagle had 8 stores across the portfolio: 211 supermarkets (Giant Eagle, Giant Eagle Express, Market District, Market District Express) and 8 standalone pharmacies, having sold off its 274 fuel station/convenience stores under the GetGo banner to Alimentation Couche-Tard.
On July 1, 2026, Kroger announced its intentions to acquire Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion. The deal is expected to close in 2027.
After World War I, three Pittsburgh-area families—the Goldsteins, Porters, and Chaits—built a grocery chain called Eagle Grocery. In 1928, the company, which at the time had 125 stores, merged with Kroger. The three families agreed to stay out of the grocery business for at least three years.
Meanwhile, the Moravitz and Weizenbaum families built their own successful chain of grocery stores named OK Grocery. In 1931, OK Grocery merged with Eagle Grocery to form Giant Eagle, which was incorporated two years later. The first location opened in 1936. Giant Eagle quickly expanded across western Pennsylvania, weathering the Great Depression and World War II. In 1968, the company acquired a warehouse in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania formerly owned by Kroger.
The chain remained based solely in western Pennsylvania until the 1980s, when it bought Youngstown, Ohio-based wholesaler Tamarkin Company, and its Valu-King stores that were converted to the Giant Eagle name. The Kent and Ravenna stores were the first to be converted at that time; the Youngstown stores were then converted years later. Giant Eagle first started selling gas in 1995 at a store near Youngstown.
In 1997, it acquired Riser Foods for $403 million. It entered the Cleveland market in 1998, with the acquisition of Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop. These stores were converted into Giant Eagle Stores. Also in 1998, the company started turning produce in to fertilizer. Giant Eagle also purchased other supermarkets in the Akron area.
The company entered the Toledo market, opening two stores in 2001 and 2004, both of which eventually closed. Giant Eagle emerged as one of the dominant supermarket chains in Northeast Ohio, competing mainly against the New York-based Tops, from which it purchased 18 stores in October 2006. The purchases came as Tops exited the Northeast Ohio area.
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Giant Eagle
Giant Eagle, Inc. is an American supermarket chain with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Maryland. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
In 2021, Giant Eagle was the 36th-largest privately held company, as determined by Forbes. Its revenue was over US$ 11.1 billion in 2022. As of summer 2025, Giant Eagle had 8 stores across the portfolio: 211 supermarkets (Giant Eagle, Giant Eagle Express, Market District, Market District Express) and 8 standalone pharmacies, having sold off its 274 fuel station/convenience stores under the GetGo banner to Alimentation Couche-Tard.
On July 1, 2026, Kroger announced its intentions to acquire Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion. The deal is expected to close in 2027.
After World War I, three Pittsburgh-area families—the Goldsteins, Porters, and Chaits—built a grocery chain called Eagle Grocery. In 1928, the company, which at the time had 125 stores, merged with Kroger. The three families agreed to stay out of the grocery business for at least three years.
Meanwhile, the Moravitz and Weizenbaum families built their own successful chain of grocery stores named OK Grocery. In 1931, OK Grocery merged with Eagle Grocery to form Giant Eagle, which was incorporated two years later. The first location opened in 1936. Giant Eagle quickly expanded across western Pennsylvania, weathering the Great Depression and World War II. In 1968, the company acquired a warehouse in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania formerly owned by Kroger.
The chain remained based solely in western Pennsylvania until the 1980s, when it bought Youngstown, Ohio-based wholesaler Tamarkin Company, and its Valu-King stores that were converted to the Giant Eagle name. The Kent and Ravenna stores were the first to be converted at that time; the Youngstown stores were then converted years later. Giant Eagle first started selling gas in 1995 at a store near Youngstown.
In 1997, it acquired Riser Foods for $403 million. It entered the Cleveland market in 1998, with the acquisition of Rini-Rego Stop-n-Shop. These stores were converted into Giant Eagle Stores. Also in 1998, the company started turning produce in to fertilizer. Giant Eagle also purchased other supermarkets in the Akron area.
The company entered the Toledo market, opening two stores in 2001 and 2004, both of which eventually closed. Giant Eagle emerged as one of the dominant supermarket chains in Northeast Ohio, competing mainly against the New York-based Tops, from which it purchased 18 stores in October 2006. The purchases came as Tops exited the Northeast Ohio area.
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